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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Change Order to Engineering Services Agreement for Grant Avenue Paving and Utility Design Project RESOLUTION NO. 13-548 RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER TO ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR NORTH GROWTH AREA- GRANT AVENUE PAVING AND UTILITY DESIGN PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS,this portion of the northern growth area,generally located north of Bloomington Heights Subdivision to 109TI Street and between the UPRR tracks east to Ada Hayden Heritage Park, is planned for residential development; and, WHEREAS, to facilitate this, the Council previously directed that the water and sanitary sewer main extensions to serve the area be included in the 2012/13 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP); and, WHEREAS, Grant Avenue will also need to be paved through this area to residential collector street standards; and, WHEREAS, the four major land owners in the area will cover the engineering and construction costs for this paving,and the cost shares previously negotiated are Quarry Estates 17%, Rose Prairie 37%, Hunziker 23%, and the City of Ames 23%; and, WHEREAS, on May 8, 2012, Council approved an engineering services contract for the utility and street design work with Civil Design Advantage (CDA) of Grimes, Iowa, in an amount not to exceed $119,756, and the scope of the original agreement included development of refined cost estimates for all three projects; and, WHEREAS,however,right-of-way services were not included, since the extent of the land impacts was not known at the time the original agreement was executed, therefore, at City staffs request, CDA has submitted a change order in an amount not to exceed$41,775 for these right-of- way services; and, WHEREAS,the proposed change order includes costs associated with transferring existing Story County Roadway easements to City of Ames Right-of-Way and permanent easement acquisitions related to the upcoming utility installations, and the right-of-way services will follow the Federal Aid Process so that,in the event condemnations are necessary,all of the proper processes will have been followed; and, WHEREAS, the change order also includes additional costs associated with finalizing the construction documents to prepare for bidding both the utility and the roadway portions of the work, and the water and sanitary sewer main work will be bid first, since budgeted funding is already available and those utilities need to be installed before the street is constructed; and, WHEREAS, the street work will then be bid later this year after the Council includes that project in the 2014/15 budget and CIP. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the Change Order to the Engineering Services Agreement with Civil Design Advantage of Grimes, Iowa, for the Grant Avenue Paving and Utility Design Project in an amount not to exceed $41,775 is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 1 Oth day of December, 2013. A. tom• (i�� Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Goodman Seconded by: Davis Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Szopinski, Wacha Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this I Oth day of December, 2013.